So it has Eurofighter jet engine plus 4 hybrid rockets (High Test Peroxide + synthetic rubber), has to pump 10 gallons second, tires has to withstand 50 000G at 1600km/h. Those are just freakingly large numbers, starts to go over imagination.. Try to picture yourself strapped to 80 000bhp engine and then pressing boost to give you 120k more.. And someone need to operate it. A human, preferably.

Rocket engine static test

Of course, there is competition, at least six more projects are underway with American Steve Fosset buying Spirit of America and setting sights for 800mph and the new comer, Aussie Invader setting their target too on that magical 1610kph (1000mph for those who still use ancient units).

(please, correct me if i got those power output figures wrong, the article is written in that ancient weird code that has foots and pounds and i'm having none of that crap..)